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hello and welcome to talk lit, get hit. the book podcast for recovering book snobs where we read viral books the internet won’t shut up about and rate them lit or shit. we’re your hosts bridget and laura, lovers of sad girl fiction and tragic endings - fearers of smut, urban fantasy and the “who did this to you?” trope. join us as we pick apart all the books the internet loves and embark on a journey to figure out why.
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bonus chapter: incredibly specific book recs
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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toxic lesbian vampires and sapphic romance - bury our bones in the midnight soil by v. e. schwab
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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clumsy girl meets billionaire with a heart of gold - laura reads a bridget book
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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we thought we hated holden caulfield... - the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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this booktok romance fave is now a movie... but is it good? - bonus chapter: people we meet on vacation (2026 movie)
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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billionaire bad boy brother’s best friend (say that three times fast!) - twisted love by ana huang
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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how to read more, sapphic book recs and bookish hot takes - talk lit with us vol 4
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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this is an mlm and no one can convince us otherwise - the let them theory by mel robbins
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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this episode went completely off the rails (and the books we read in 2025 are to blame) - talk lit, get lit: merry ever after by tessa bailey
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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cathy and heathcliff hit the ice in this wuthering heights fan fic - the favourites by layne fargo
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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bad characters, no plot and 100% vibes - bonus chapter: the summer I turned pretty by jenny han
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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tumblr cringe or classic? - looking for alaska by john green
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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could the movie be better than the book?! - bonus chapter: interview with the vampire (1994 movie)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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is this iconic erotic vampire book good, boring or a little of both? - interview with the vampire by anne rice
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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how we actually review books (DNF, 5 star ratings and brutal opinions) - bonus chapter: rating, reviewing and DNFing, oh my!
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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this book defined a generation... why?! - eat, pray, love by elizabeth gilbert
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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murder, messy women & magnetic island - bonus chapter: in conversation with nicole crowe
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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we read this dark romance so you don't have to (please don't) - credence by penelope douglas
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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we asked for opinions... you chose violence - talk lit with us vol 3
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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dark academia, colonialism and devastation deep dive - babel by r. f. kuang
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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50 episodes of us losing our minds over booktok books (yay?) - bonus chapter: 50
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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toxic booktok romance... or just bad? - magnolia parks by jessa hastings
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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the saddest hunger games book yet? - bonus chapter: sunrise on the reaping by suzanne collins
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May 26, 2025 |
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we've never hated a main character more - yellowface by r. f. kuang
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May 12, 2025 |
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colin firth + hugh grant = the perfect romcom? - bonus chapter: bridget jones's diary (movie)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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bridget jones's diary: problematic or genius? - bridget jones's diary by helen fielding
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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are we getting dumber about books? (booktok vs literature) - bonus chapter: anti-intellectualism
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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why is everyone obsessed with this tiktok thriller? - the housemaid by freida mcfadden
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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a booktok grumpy x sunshine romance for disney adults - the spanish love deception by elena armas
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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colleen hoover, twilight and goodreads (listener opinions and hot takes) - talk lit with us vol 2
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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will we become 1% better at hating self help books by the end of this episode? - atomic habits by james clear
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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we got drunk and read twilight's weird gender-bent spin-off - bonus chapter: life and death by stephenie meyer
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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this paranormal romance cursed us to never view the word “knot” the same way again - bride by ali hazlewood
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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millennial fiction, normal people & the sad girl lit fic queen - bonus chapter: sally rooney
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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does YA dystopian fiction hold up to the test of time? we re-read divergent so you don't have to! - divergent by veronica roth
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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we read the viral harry potter fanfiction everyone's talking about - bonus chapter: manacled by senlinyu
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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we read this YA murder mystery darling... and yikes! - a good girl's guide to murder by holly jackson
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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how to get out of a reading slump (books that help & hurt) - bonus chapter: slump city, b*tch
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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is this protagonist the tiniest girl to ever be written in all of booktok? - the hating game by sally thorne
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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we react to your most unhinged book opinions - talk lit with us vol 1
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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the og spicy romance and wildest twilight fan fic - fifty shades of grey by e.l. james
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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penelope bridgerton (née featherington) needs to lower her cortisol - bonus chapter: bridgerton (revisited)
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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is booktok's fave memoir actually relatable? - everything I know about love by dolly alderton
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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can emily henry do it again? - bonus chapter: funny story by emily henry
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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wait, do we actually like urban fantasy now? - cemetery boys by aiden thomas
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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colin bridgerton looks like slappy the dummy and we can’t unsee it - bonus chapter: bridgerton
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May 27, 2024 |
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booktok would be nothing without the OG - pride and prejudice by jane austen
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May 13, 2024 |
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mona awad explained: bunny, rouge & her dark, cult-like worlds - talk lit done juicy
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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codependent friendship and translated fiction… a perfect pairing? - my brilliant friend by elena ferrante
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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wait! ancient history is kinda… gay? - song of achilles by madeline miller
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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searching for the romance or comedy in this booktok famous book - romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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what if tom cruise could help me solve my mummy issues? - rouge by mona awad
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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we got drunk and read icebreaker's sequel (mistake or genius?) - talk lit, get lit: wildfire by hannah grace
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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nothing happens and everything is weird - breaking dawn by stephenie meyer
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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eclipse is way more problematic than we remembered - eclipse by stephenie meyer
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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is bella swan the WOAT (worst of all time)? - new moon by stephenie meyer
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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we reread twilight as adults and it messed us up - twilight by stephenie meyer
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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this man would not stop whinging - the ballad of songbirds and snakes by suzanne collins
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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theatre kids read a book about theatre kids - if we were villains by m. l. rio
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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booktok loved this book... we didn't - red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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can three fantasy haters survive this dragon book? - fourth wing by rebecca yarros
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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we read a viral spicy booktok romance… and it’s a mess! - icebreaker by hannah grace
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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was this good or did it just make us cry - happy place by emily henry
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May 08, 2023 |
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we read the saddest book ever... apparently? - before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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we read DJATS and completely disagreed - daisy jones and the six by taylor jenkins reid
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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did booktok get this right? - beach read by emily henry
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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this booktok romance nearly started a fight - the love hypothesis by ali hazelwood
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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we fear this could be the downfall of ACOTAR - a court of frost and starlight by sarah j. maas
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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could this be the start of feyre's redemption arc? - a court of wings and ruin by sarah j. maas
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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is ACOMAF better than ACOTAR? - a court of mist and fury by sarah j. maas
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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we read ACOTAR... and immediately had issues - a court of thorns and roses by sarah j maas
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Nov 21, 2022 |